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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1995
Hideo Torii, Higashiosaka, JP;
Takeshi Kamada, Nara, JP;
Shigenori Hayashi, Gose, JP;
Ryoichi Takayama, Suita, JP;
Takashi Hirao, Moriguchi, JP;
Masumi Hattori, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A thin film sensor element includes a sensor holding substrate having an opening part and a multilayer film adhered thereon at least consisting of an electrode film A, an electrode film B having (100) plane orientation, and a piezoelectic dielectric oxide film present between the electrode film A and the electrode film B. As a result, a thin film sensor element which is small, light, highly accurate, and inexpensive can be attained which can be used for an acceleration sensor element and a pyroelectric infrared sensor element. On the surface of a flat plate KBr substrate, a rock-salt crystal structure oxide of a conductive NiO is formed by a plasma MOCVD method whose vertical direction is crystal-oriented to <100> direction against the substrate surface. By means of a sputtering method, a PZT film is formed by an epitaxial growth on that surface, and a Ni-Cr electrode film is formed thereon. Next, the multilayer film structure is reversed and adhered to a sensor substrate having an opening part with an adhesive. After a connection electrode is connected, the whole structure is washed with water, thereby removing the KBr substrate.